NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On the vast spectrum of opinions concerning name, imagine and likeness for college athletes — from full free market to somehow returning to 1980s “amateurism” — there should be one point that everyone agrees.
This trend of state legislatures passing laws that not only supersede NCAA rules but outright prohibit NCAA enforcement of its rules is ridiculous, unintelligible and probably unconstitutional.
This is a bipartisan problem. Texas, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee and others have recently enacted laws that not only set forth that athletes can benefit from NIL deals to varying degrees.